curl

About 1.71 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A curving piece or lock of hair; a ringlet.

   My hair doesn't have much curl.

2. noun A curved stroke or shape.
3. noun A spin making the trajectory of an object curve.
4. noun Movement of a moving rock away from a straight line.
5. noun Any exercise performed by bending the arm, wrist, or leg on the exertion against resistance, especially those that train the biceps.
6. noun The vector field denoting the rotationality of a given vector field.

   The curl of the vector field F→(x,y,z) is the vector field curl⁡F→≡∇→×F→=(∂Fz∂y−∂Fy∂z,∂Fx∂z−∂Fz∂x,∂Fy∂x−∂Fx∂y).

7. noun The vector operator, denoted curl or ∇→×(⋅)→, that generates this field.
8. noun Any of various diseases of plants causing the leaves or shoots to curl up; often specifically the potato curl.

Similar words

ringlet curl up loop curlicue whorl coil wave gyre curve lock

Often followed by

up of and in the around your into on

Word family

Curl Robert Floyd Curl curled curling curls